Edwin Díaz chose The Dodgers over The Mets
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Former All-Star reliever Alexis Díaz has signed with the Texas Rangers for the 2026 season. The team announced the signing of the hard-throwing 29-year-old right-handed free agent on Tuesday night.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and three-time reliever of the year and three-time all-star Edwin Díaz officially signed a three-year, $69 million deal on Friday.
The Texas Rangers tonight announced that the club has signed right-handed pitcher Alexis Díaz to a one-year Major League contract covering the 2026 season. Díaz, 29, spent the 2025 season with the Cincinnati,
Edwin Díaz pulled on a different blue cap and a white jersey with an unfamiliar number Friday when he formally left the New York Mets for the Los Angeles Dodgers. One of the best relievers in baseball has changed teams and coasts for a landmark free-agent contract,
As far as the lineup, right now Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto are the marquee players while Marcus Semien was added via trade earlier this offseason. It's possible Semien hit his decline last season, as it was a big fall from previous years, but it could always have been a temporary setback.
For the entirety of his Major League career, Edwin Díaz has worn No. 39 on his jersey. But when he signed with the Dodgers on a three-year, $69 million pact that has the highest average annual value for a reliever in history,
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Edwin Díaz was introduced at Dodger Stadium in a brief press conference on Friday afternoon, and will wear number three with the Dodgers. He’s previously only worn 39 in his major league career, but that number is retired in Los Angeles for catcher Roy Campanella. Díaz said he chose three in part because he and his wife have three kids.